Red Rising: Roman

After the first pages, you already know exactly how it will unfold and how it will end. In many good stories you are then enlightened over time and enjoy twists you hadn’t foreseen. Here it’s quite the opposite. It’s completely clear and then it happens as described. One wonders why the author bothe… Read more

For YEARS I’ve been skirting around this book! Now I’ve finally read it and I’m wondering why I waited so long! What a brilliant world-building: Mars, society is divided into different colours and each colour has specific roles. Darrow, as a Red, is told from the start that he belongs to the stronge… Read more

Hey you #gehörtgehypt on Instagram and I wanted to listen in. The audiobook is really well spoken, which made the start easier for me. The setting at the beginning is great, underground, a poor and oppressed people, difficult circumstances. An execution is a common way to keep people small. But then… Read more

Refers to the audiobook version: a more convincing narrator. The idea itself is actually quite good. The start is promising, but unfortunately only up to the Academy. From here the book feels long to me. The fights dominate the plot, too many primitive curses ruin the writing style. The trials stron… Read more